July 2011 - mkgmap-dev - The mkgmap lists

Problem Displaying Polygons with Extended Type codes
by Bill Lancashire 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

I have recently noticed that polygons assigned codes of the type 0x101xx are not displayed on my Garmin 62s. However, if I open the compiled maps in a package such as GPSMapEdit I can see that the features are indeed compiled correctly in the maps. I am using version r1973 The polygons are correctly defined in a TYP file If I redefine the polygons to alternative unused codes of type 0x2x or 0x3x and also change the code in the TYP file then the polygons are displayed correctly. It does not seem to matter what the Drawing Level is in the TYP file. Non of the 0x101xx types are ever displayed. In the case of Polylines, I have used several codes of the types 0x100xx, 0x101xx and 0x105xx and they are displayed correctly. I am really puzzled by this and would really appreciate any insight into what is happening. At the lower drawing levels in the TYP file I have the following defined: Type *0x4b* [*Background (coverage)*], Drawing order: *1 *Type *0x32* [*Sea*], Drawing order: *2 (Placeholder only) *Type *0x27* [*?*], Drawing order: *3 **(Placeholder only) *Then follows Drawing Level 4 with codes 0x02, 0x03 etc. Any ideas on this please?.

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Amenity=shelter
by Peter Hendricks 02 Jul '11

02 Jul '11

Hi, This becomes Campground/RVPark with the default style. Surely, this is not intended? Cheers, Peter.

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display of place names on lower zoom levels
by Minko 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

On http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=12817 someone reported that the name labels of places disappear too quickly. When I look at the default style, I notice there are some points for improvements: place=city [0x0400 resolution 20] place=hamlet [0x1100 resolution 23] place=suburb [0x0a00 resolution 23] place=town [0x0800 resolution 22] place=village [0x0b00 resolution 24] place=island [0x650c resolution 22] - villages are only shown at level 24 where hamlets are shown one level lower - resolution 23 is mentioned here, although it is not set in the options file: levels = 0:24, 1:22, 2:20, 3:18, 4:16 - all place names are only shown at the highest zoom levels. In my opinion cities should also be visible at levels 18 or even 16? Towns can better be set to 20, villages/suburbs 22 and hamlets 24? Maybe Marko can have a look at this? Cheers, Minko

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